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FEATURE
“I know every vehicle on the road
has a purpose, whether it’s a family
on vacation or someone driving to
work or a semitruck driver delivering
cargo. We’re all there for different
reasons. But we all have one
common goal – to arrive safely.”
– Erica Young
KEEP SAFETY IN SIGHT
“I quickly peeked around (the semi) to see if there was any oncoming
traffic…it was clear, so I signalled and pulled into the left lane,” Young recalled
of that sunny summer Saturday morning from 1997. “And then, as
if out of nowhere, this car was coming right at us. You know how people
say their life flashed before their eyes? Well, that happened to me.”
Young’s vehicle was already committed to passing the semitrailer, so
the only option she felt she had to avoid the oncoming car was to swerve
into the left ditch.
“It was a knee-jerk reaction…I’m not sure if it was the right thing to
do, but it saved our lives, so I guess it was the right thing to do.”
Young and her friends, sitting in the ditch just seconds after they narrowly
avoided a head-on collision, hugged one another break down into
tears.
Highway 39 is no stranger to collisions that have caused serious injury
or death.
With driver safety always top of mind, Highway 39 is the focus of a
facelift this summer/fall.
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